Same Old Story

According to a Reuters release, the new Masters of Science Fiction anthology series is considered “too artistic” for ABC, the network that brings us Dancing With the Stars. Two out of six episodes have been shelved, maybe permanently.

The titular “Masters” are the authors of the original stories – people like Harlan Ellison and Robert A. Heinlein – rather than the directors of the tales (as in Showtime’s Masters of Horror). And, based on the first episode I’ve seen (“A Clean Escape” directed by Mark Rydell), the show is intriguing, but certainly not any more *challenging* than the old Twilight Zone or Outer Limits which it emulates.